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Biggest Grave Robbery in History - Final Cut (Patreon)

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2021-10-26 09:48:42

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2026-06

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This is the latest and final cut of the Java Sea Salvaging video. There's about 25 seconds of extra content added since the early access version, and some extra polish here and there.

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Biggest Grave Robbery in History - The Salvaging of the Java Sea Wrecks

Sources: [A]Mediacorp documentary on the salvaging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9iRRBT1z54 [B] Footage of the wreck of Prince of Wales, by Nigel Sinclair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD96FgKghMk [C] Footage of the wreck of Repulse, by Clayton Neilson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3U_eJLHgNI [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37997640 [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/british-second-world-war-ships-illegal-scavenging-java-sea [3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/09/images-reveal-three-more-japanese-wwii-shipwrecks-torn-apart-for-scrap [4] https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks [5] https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/21009/Pearson%20-%202017%20-%20Proceedings%20of%20the%203rd%20Asia_20nov_vol2%20-%20Naval%20shipwrecks%20in%20ID.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y [6] https://www.reclamet.co.uk/scrap-metal-prices [7] https://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/10/need-gazette-wreck-sites [8] https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/indonesia-captures-maritime-grave-robbers